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The Civil War Comes to Detroit

MMM Lecture Series: The Civil War Comes to the Great Lakes: Confederate Raiders on the Inland Seas

Lecture Series
Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven

When the Civil War is discussed in Michigan it is often as events that happened in such exotic locales as Virginia, Tennessee or Arkansas. While this is mostly true, it was not exclusively so, with subterfuge, secrecy and invasion fears popping up in places like Detroit throughout the conflict. This was especially true in September…